Dan Plumley claims that Rangers lost out on millions of dollars as a result of their early elimination from the Europa League.
Although the team will suffer a financial setback, the football finance specialist said they could now fully concentrate on winning the Scottish Premiership and earning a direct ticket to the Champions League.
Despite controlling the game the entire way, Philippe Clement’s team was eliminated from the Europa League in a 1-0 loss to Benfica at Ibrox earlier in March.
He exclusively told Ibrox News, “It’s a blow.”
We are aware that the Europa League prize money is far less than that of the Champions League, but if you go far in the competition—that is, through the elimination stages—you might win up to £10 million in prizes if you make it all the way to the championship game.
“It’s a blow financially for Rangers in that regard, I guess the other blow is the Scottish coefficient as a result of that linked to what that means for Scottish football in terms of Champions League places.
“When you roll that through, the other side of the argument is that may give Rangers full focus on aiming at the league title which is absolutely a relevant point in the debate to get back in the Champions League proper, as it stands right now, would be a very positive outcome towards the end of the season.
“There are both sides of the argument there, but financially they have lost out on a few million by not going deeper into that competition this year.”
Millions are lost by the Rangers at Ibrox.
Since Aberdeen, Celtic, and Hearts have all failed terribly, the Bears have been representing Scotland alone in Europe for many years.
It is still possible for Clement to win the domestic triple crown in his first season with the team. That would be an incredible accomplishment and set them up for possible Champions League play the following year.
